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No. 689,352. V Patented Dec. l7, [90L L. S. BUFFINGTON.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEROY S. BUFFINGTON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO WARREN T. WALKER AND GEORGE THWING, OF MINNEAPOLIS,

MINNESOTA.

BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,352, dated December 7, 1901- Application filed December 15, 1900. Serial No. 39,969. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it mag "concern:

Be it known that I, LEROY S. YBUFFINGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belts; andI do hereby declare the following to be full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention has for its object to provide an improved belt adapted to be worn by men to support their trousers and by women to support their skirts; and to these ends the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of elements hereinafter described, and defined in the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my improved belts of a design adapted to be worn either by a manor woman. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a belt designed especially to be worn by a woman. Figs. 3 and 3 are supplemental views wit-h parts broken away, showing in plan sections of the belt. 4, 5, and 6 are plan views showing sections of the belt with various garment-fasteners applied thereto. Fig. 7 is a section on the line of 0c" of Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a section on the line :0 m of Fig. 4. Fig. 9 is a section on the line m 00 of Fig. 5. Fig. 10 is a section on the line 1: 00 of Fig. 6, and Fig. 11 is a transverse section through a belt of slightly-modi fied construction.

The numeral 1 indicates the body of a belt, the same as shown having at one end a suit- This belt-is of course preferably constructed of leather.

The belt 1 is providedon its inner side with opposing or reversely-projecting flanges 3, preferably formed of the same strip of leather as the bodyl, turned inward against the body of the belt and stitched, as indicated at 3. These flanges 3 extend approximately from end to end of the belt, and together with the body of the belt they form an open or slitted sheath or runway, which is adapted to receive the buttons or heads of the garment-fasteners and to permit them to be slipped or slid Figs.

longitudinally through the said sheath or the belt to be slipped endwise over the said buttons or fastenings. In Fig. 11 the opposing free edges of the flanges 3 are simply cut and left with their natural flexibility. For many purposes, however, it is advisable to stiffen or reinforce these flanges 3, and this in the 'mightbe assumed to be a portion of a skirt,

and in Figs. 9 and 10 the numeral 6 indicates a portion of a shirt-waist.

In Figs. 4 and S-the numeral 7 indicates a button secured to the band portion of the trousers 5.

In Figs. 5 and 9 the numeral 8 indicates a hook secured to the band of the trousers or skirt 5.

In Figs. 6 and 10 the numerals 9 and 10 indicate a pair of buttons or heads connected by a crank-like stem 11. The button 9 is held by the flangesof the belt, and the button 10 projects on the inner side of the band of the trousers 5 and is passed through a suit able buttonhole in the band of the shirt-waist 6. Any desired number of these devices 9 1O 11 may be employed, and they serve to hold down the band of the shirt-waist. It will of course be understood that even when these devices are employed the belt will be applied to buttons on the band of the trous'ers in the manner indicated in Figs. 4 and 8.

When the buttons or garment-fasteners are applied between the longitudinal flanges 3 of the belt, it is of course evident that the belt may he slipped over the same or drawn longitudinally without pulling on the, said buttons, and it is also evident that the buttons may be secured at any point, and hence do not require to be located or spaced apart with reference to the belt. This permits the belt to be applied and then drawn up to the desired size and shifted endwise in any desired position. Also it is evident that no parts of the fasteners or buttons are exposed 5 to view when the belt is applied.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

A belt constructed of leather or similar Ina- 1o terial, provided on its inner face with longitudinally-extended inturned flanges, spaced apart and cooperating to form an open or slitted sheath, and pliable stiffening Wires or metal strips applied to the free edges of both of said flanges and codperating to hold the buttons, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LEROY S. BUFFINGTON. YVitnesses:

WARRENI. WALKER, F. D. MERCHANT. 

